27] Witness
to Hunger – Jan. 14
28] $2 A DAY – Jan. 14
29] "Knocking the Hustle: Against the
Neoliberal Turn in Black Politics" – Jan. 14
30] Peace group meets – Jan. 14
31] Peace vigil at White House – Jan. 15
32] WIB
peace vigil – Jan. 15
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27] –
Come to THE ARC, 1901 Mississippi Ave. SE, WDC, on Thurs., Jan. 14 from 6
to 9 PM and join Witnesses to Hunger to launch a site in the nation's
capital and attend a reception to mark the opening of an exhibit with
photographs taken by members of Witnesses to Hunger from Washington, D.C.
Witnesses to Hunger is a growing national advocacy project featuring the voices
and photography of parents who have experienced hunger and poverty firsthand.
With sites in Philadelphia, Camden, Baltimore, New Haven, and Boston, Witnesses
to Hunger is working with community partners and photographers from DC to
ignite a dialogue around hunger and poverty in the nation's capital and
throughout our country. Contact Kate Scully at kate.scully@drexel.edu.
28] –
At the Potter's House, 1658 Columbia Rd. NW, WDC, on Thurs., Jan. 14 from 7
to 9 PM, hear about the book “$2.00 A Day,” an author talk with Kathryn
Edin, one of the nation’s leading poverty researchers, recognized for using
both quantitative research and direct, in-depth observation to illuminate key
mysteries about people living in poverty. She co-authored the book with
H. LUKE SHAEFER, an associate professor at the University of Michigan School of
Social Work and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and a research
affiliate at the National Poverty Center. See https://www.facebook.com/events/159739377719734/.
The
book is a revelatory account of poverty in the USA which is so deep that we, as
a country, don’t think it exists. After two decades of brilliant research
on American poverty, Kathryn Edin noticed something she hadn’t seen since the
mid-1990s — households surviving on virtually no income. Edin teamed with Luke
Shaefer, an expert on calculating incomes of the poor, to discover that the
number of American families living on $2.00 per person, per day, has
skyrocketed to 1.5 million American households, including about 3 million
children.
29]
– On Thurs., Jan. 14 at 7:30 PM come to Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse,
30 W. North Ave., Baltimore 21201, for a book launch with Lester Spence. His
book "Knocking the Hustle: Against the Neoliberal Turn in Black
Politics" takes on the turn to neoliberalism in black politics. As he
notes, while both race and economic inequality seem to be on everyone's mind,
we too often are presented with "an approach to politics that doesn’t take
either politics or political economy seriously [or] an approach to
neoliberalism that doesn’t really take racism seriously." “Knocking
the Hustle” is a call to think about human potential in terms other than
as "human capital," to think about the deep structural problems
facing urban Black communities as something other than market opportunities,
and to understand why "we’ve been forced to hustle and grind our way out
of the post-civil rights era" and how "it is this hustle and grind in
all of its institutional manifestations that’s resulted in our current
condition." Call 443-602-7585. Go to http://www.redemmas.org.
21]
– The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore now meets on Thursdays at 7:30 PM, and the
meetings take place at Max’s residence. There will be a meeting on
Thurs., Jan. 14 at 7:30 PM. The agenda will include Freddie Gray & local
organizing, killer drones and Obama, an action at the State of the Union, the
refugees, lobbying John Sarbanes, the MLK march and the unending wars. Call
410-366-1637 or email mobuszewski at verizon.net.
23]
– On Fri., Jan. 15 from noon to 1 PM, join the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker in a
vigil urging the powers that be to abolish war and torture, to disarm all
weapons, to end indefinite detention, to close Guantanamo, to establish justice
for all and help create the Beloved Community! This vigil will take place at
the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Contract Art @ artlaffin@hotmail.com or at
202-360-6416.
24]
– On Fri., Jan. 15 from noon to 1 PM, join Women in Black peace vigil. This
vigil will take place at the corner of Light and Pratt Sts. Stay
for as long as you can. Wear black. Dress for who knows what kind of weather.
Bring your own poster or help with the "NO WAR IN MY NAME"
banner. When there are others to stand with, you don't need to carry the
burden alone. Do this to be in solidarity with others....when everything around
us says, Be afraid of the stranger.
To be
continued.
Donations can be sent to the Baltimore Nonviolence
Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD 21218. Ph: 410-366-1637; Email:
mobuszewski [at] verizon.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/.
"The master class has always declared the wars; the
subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to
gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and
everything to lose--especially their lives." Eugene Victor Debs
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